Recipe characteristics
- Quick and easy to make
- Only 6 ingredients needed
- Perfect option for busy mornings
- High in fiber
- Refined sugar free
- You can add toppings of your choice
- Dietary requirements: plant-based (dairy-free), gluten-free, nut-free, and soy-free.
Notes on ingredients
Chocolate overnight oats smoothie bowl
- Rolled oats: Always make sure to buy certified gluten-free rolled oats to avoid possible cross-contamination.
- Rice Milk: Substitute with cashew milk, soy milk, oat milk or almond milk.
- Chia seeds: You can use either black or white chia seeds.
- Frozen bananas: Ripe spotty bananas are the best choice for this recipe as they will add natural sweetness. Check How to freeze bananas.
- Coconut cream: Chill the coconut milk in the refrigerator overnight so that you can easily separate the cream from the liquid (for this recipe I used only the thickened cream).
- Cacao powder: I used raw cacao powder for this recipe as it provides more nutrition but regular cocoa powder works just as well.
Oats and a gluten-free diet
Most people with coeliac disease or gluten intolerance can tolerate gluten-free oats with no problems. However, a small percentage of people may still react to avenin – a protein in oats similar to gluten. For these people, even certified gluten-free oats may be unsafe. If you develop any new symptoms after adding gluten-free oats to your diet, it’s best if you talk to your dietitian or a doctor.
Another problem can be cross-contamination. Even though oats are naturally gluten-free, they are often contaminated with gluten because they may be processed in the same facilities as gluten-containing grains like wheat, rye, and barley. Therefore, if you have celiac disease or gluten sensitivity, always make sure your oats are certified gluten-free to avoid any cross-contamination issues.
How to make it
NOTE: To make overnight oats, it’s ideal to soak them in plant-based milk overnight, or at least for a couple of hours. The soaking process reduces the level of phytic acid which can inhibit the proper absorption of minerals link zinc and iron. By soaking them, your body will absorb the nutrients much better.
Step 1
Soak rolled oats and chia seeds in rice milk overnight.
Step 2
In the morning, place overnight oats into a high-speed blender. Add coconut cream, frozen bananas, and cacao powder, and blend briefly until smooth and creamy.
Serving suggestion
Serve in bowls and top with berries.
Tips and how-tos
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Chocolate Overnight Oats Smoothie Bowl
Ingredients
- 80 g rolled oats
- 10 g chia seeds
- 200 ml rice milk
- 2 frozen bananas
- 100 g coconut cream Chill the coconut milk in the refrigerator overnight so that you can easily separate the cream from the liquid (for this recipe I used only the thickened cream).
- 20 g cacao powder
Instructions
Chocolate Overnight Oats Smoothie Bowl
- Soak rolled oats and chia seeds in rice milk overnight.Note: To make overnight oats, it's ideal to soak them in plant-based milk overnight, or at least for a couple of hours. The soaking process reduces the level of phytic acid which can inhibit the proper absorption of minerals link zinc and iron. By soaking them, your body will absorb the nutrients much better.
- In the morning, place overnight oats into a high-speed blender. Add coconut cream, frozen bananas, and cacao powder, and blend briefly until smooth and creamy.
Serving suggestion
- Serve in bowls and top with berries.
Nutrition facts
* The nutritional information provided is calculated automatically and should be used as an estimate.
2 comments
I dont know how much G and MI is? I go by cups and tea spoons & table spoons,
Hi, Jetta! I use grams because it is the most accurate way of measuring, especially in gluten-free baking where even the slightest difference in grams can mess up the recipe. The problem occurs when measuring a dry ingredient, like flour or sugar by volume, it usually results in a variety of different weights. For example, 50 grams of rice flour is equivalent to 0.211 ( ~ 1/4) US cup. So, when measuring 1/4 of a cup, someone might end up with 55, 60, or even 65 grams of flour which could make a big impact on the end result.
A good kitchen scale doesn’t cost much and it will really take your baking to the next level!